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Virginia security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Virginia: return deadlines, clock triggers, itemization / notice duties, deposit caps, and penalties for non-compliance — drawn from Wherewithal’s statute research corpus. A landlord who complies correctly does not create a statutory penalty claim.

Confidence: PRIMARY

PRIMARY — main elements read against statute text

Deadline to return / account	45 days
When the clock starts	LATER of termination date or date tenant vacates
Penalty for non-compliance	full deposit + actual damages + fees (willful noncompliance)
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	2 mo
Escrow / interest requirements	no
Citation	Va. Code § 55.1-1226

Source: Va. Code § 55.1-1226

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ bare check without itemization = defective; compound trigger

Corpus version: 9d40fee29fb1161c (hash of human fields; use as last-updated fingerprint)

Deadline calculator

Compliance tool only — estimates the statutory return / accounting window from Wherewithal’s corpus fields. Not legal advice. No case is created.

This state’s corpus encodes a primary numeric window of 45 days. Enter the move-out / possession-delivery date the statute keys on.

Move-out / termination date (when possession is delivered)

Tenant side: Virginia security deposit return rules

Same statute corpus, framed for tenants organizing a deposit-return claim.

Nearby states (landlord side)

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